Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Shipley (writer)


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:58, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Jonathan Shipley (writer)

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I may not be doing the right searches, but I can find no evidence of notability for Jonathan Shipley (writer) or his work. The biographical article is referenced to a variety of sources which are either unreliable or lack independence, and the other two articles are referenced solely to Shipley's own works.

These articles were all created by one single-purpose account, whose only page creations are of these articles and a related template. This may be a promotional exercise. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:24, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:43, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:45, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete — I'm also coming up rather empty on reliable sources after going through WP:BEFORE. Nothing I found even came close to WP:GNG or WP:NBOOK. The sources provided are crap and some (if not most) do not support the claims made. The WP:LOTSOFSOURCES are misleading. This is just a farm of external links on non-notable writing and it should go. JFHJr (㊟) 06:20, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed one more page in this set: the unreferenced Sharlverse list. Have just added it to the nomination. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - found some other Shipleys, but hardly anything usable on this one. It certainly looks like publicity, whoever wrote it. WP:GNG is nowhere in sight. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:05, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. None of the sources on the articles assert enough notability to warrant these remaining on Wikipedia and I found nothing via a search that would change that.Tokyogirl79 (talk)
 * Delete All for failing WP:AUTHOR and WP:BK. Qworty (talk) 22:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
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